Wood carpet.



Unrrnn STATES P TENT Crricn.

WOOD CARPET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 708,842, datedSeptember 9, 1902. Applicationfiled October 18, 1.901. Serial No.79,087. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, C- BL A. STILLE and SWAN BILLINGs, citizens of theUnited States of America, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook andState of Illinois, have'invented certain new and useful Improvements inWVood Carpets, of which the following is a description.

Our invention belongs to that class of floorcoverings formed of wood orequivalent material designed to coveran unsightly floor and give it aneat and finished appearance. It is more particularly intended to beused as a filling to extend from a central rug or car pet outward to thewall of the room to give a neat and complete finish to the floor as awhole; It may also be employed to cover the entire floor, if desired. 1

The object is to provide a neat, attractive, durable, and economicalsubstitute for the ,usual ornamental wood fioor employed for the purposestated.

To this end our invention consists in the novel construction,arrangement, and combination of parts herein shown and described, andmore particularly pointed out in the.

claims.

In the drawings, wherein like referenceletters indicate like orcorresponding parts, Figure 1 is a partial view of a floor provided withonrimproved carpet applied as a filling outside of a rug. Fig. 2 is abottom plan of our improvement. Fig. 3 is a central horizontal sectionshowing one method of securing the sections together. Fig. 4 is atransverse vertical section showing the position of the ties in thesections. Fig. 5 shows the manner in which the flexible carpet may befolded or rolled for convenience in handling.

Fig. 6 is a view similar to Fig. 1-, showing a different arrangement ofthe carpet. Fig. 7 is a bottom plan of a modified form. Fig. 8

is a horizontal section showing a modification. Fig. 9 is a partialbottom plan, also showing a modification; and Figs. 10 and '11 aremodified forms with parts broken" away to show the construction. 7 y

In the drawings, A A A represent sections of wood or equivalentmaterial, preferably ornamentalwood-such, for example, as oak, cherry,mahogany, or the like-constructed to be placed edge to edge to form asuitable curing the parts together.

a floor-finishwhen the parts are in proper extended position for thepurpose.

'0 C are flexible non-elastic connecting means embedded and containedwithin the body'of the wood section. This may be done in any preferredmanner, a variety of ways of accomplishing this being shown in theseveral drawings-as, for example, a straight groove maybe formedtransversely across the sections registering with one another, as shownin Fig. ll-and the flexible non-elastic mea ns,-whicl1 is preferably ofwire, may

be located and secured therein by any proferred means. Glue or otherequivalent means may be employed for this purpose, as

shown inFig. 11. In the preferred construction an inclined channel orgroove B is formed transversely across the lower surface of the sectionA, and the connecting means is positioned therein. As shown in Figs. 2,3, 4, the grooves are formed in opposing pairs, and the wires C arelooped about the intervening 0r inclosed part B. To give stability tothe construction, the wires C C are connected toether between thecontiguous sect-iou, preft, erably by giving the wires a twist, as shown.in Figs. 3 and 7.

Figs. 7, 8, and 9 show another form of se- As here shown, the inclinedgrooves C are oppositely inclined in the adjoining sections, as clearlyshown in Fig. 9. This construction permits the connecting members to liein a straight line and preventsthe accidental disengagement of theconnecting means with the sections. If desired, additional protection inthis direction may be secured by employing suitable means to supplementthe connection of the wires to the sections.

In the preferred form the wire C is wound around a cross-bar E, which issunk into or located in a depression formed in the lower face of thesection, as clearly shown in Figs. 7 and 8. In the form shown in Fig. 10transverse holes are bored through the section so as to register withone another, and the connecting wires are threaded therethrough.Suitable wedges S or equivalent means may be employed to prevent theslipping of the sections upon the wire C. Glue or equivalent means mayalso be used for a similar purpose. In the preferred form a suitableflexible covering D is glued upon the bottom of the section to cover theinclosed wire. This, however, is not essential and may be omitted.

The lower edges of the sections A A are beveled, as at Ct, to permit thesections to be folded one upon another, as shown in Fig. 5. By thusbeveling or inclining the lower edges of the section sufficient space isleft between the sections or parts B for twisting or otherwise securingthe wires 0 0 together, as shown at 0. (See Figs. 3 and 7.) When thecarpet is extended and in position, the proximate edges of the sectionshould be in contact with one another at the upper surface to form afinish in close imitation of the flooring usually placed in posit-ion asingle piece or section at a time.

The carpet may be secured to the floor by small brads (not shown) orother equivalent means,asmaybenecessaryordesired. When the carpet is inuse as a border for an inner rug or carpet, as shown in Figs. 1 and 6,such securing means are usually employed.

The convenience and ease with which this carpet may be laid in positionto fit any rug or space and the economyof its construction and use areseen at a glance.

By the term embedded in the claims we wish to be understood as includinga construction in which the wire or its equivalent is threaded throughthe sections, as shown in Fig. 10.

After thus describing our improvement it is obvious that variousimmaterial modifications maybe made without departing from the spirit ofour invention. Hence we do not wish to be understood as limitingourselves to the exact form and construction shown.

By the term beveled in the claims we wish to be understood as meaningthat the proximate edges of the contiguous strips are so constructedthat there is a regularly-formed opening below the ties, whereby thecarpet may be rolled or folded upon itself, as shown in the drawings.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. A sectional carpet com prising a plurality of narrow strips laid edgeto edge, in combination with a plurality of flexible non-elastic tiesextending in a straight line extending transversely the strips andsubstantially centrally located between the top and bottom planesthereof, and means for permanently fixing the position of each striprelative to its ties.

2. In a sectional carpet, a plurality of sections arranged to contact attheir edges and constructed with transverse channels or grooves formedin opposing pairs to inclose a part B, and with beveled lower edges asset forth, in combination with flexible non-elastic ties arranged insaid channels and connected together between the contiguous sections,substantially as described.

CARL A. STILLE. SWAN BILLINGS.

Witnesses:

JOHN W. HILL, CHARLES I. COBB.

